1. gopher - Noun
2. Gopher - Proper noun
One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.
A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.
A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to school with me cos he was my favourite. John Terry
"I wonder if you can understand the 'fun' of making a beautiful thing, the pride and satisfaction of it, and the holiness!" The company glanced doubtfully at one another. In Gopher Prairie it is not good form to be holy except at church, between ten-thirty and twelve on Sunday. Sinclair Lewis
As a runner on a film, you are the lowest of the low, and yet you have incredible access to everyone. I can totally imagine that for actors in the middle of a Hollywood bubble, all they really want is a sense of normality, and that gopher can be a tap for that. Eddie Redmayne
We are kindred all of us, ... killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, the trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails, all of them, all of us. Edward Abbey
A few people noticed that the Web might be better than Gopher. Source: Internet
A Gopher system consists of a series of hierarchical hyperlinkable menus. Source: Internet